Thursday, April 10, 2008

Bummer

Sadly, the fog in my brain caused by school holidays - how many times can you hear your children say Mummy in one hour before your ears shrivel and fall off your head? - has not fully dissipated. This is because poor Climber selfishly got a gastro-ish bug and I had to pick him up all headachy and feverish from school on Monday and then have him home for a further 2 days. The good news is that the gastro was restricted to his lower half, which meant (a) no vomiting and (b) not too much revulsion nursing on my part since with a bit of coaching (Flush! Wash your hands!! Don't fart unless you're on the toilet!!!) from me he could pretty much manage it himself. The joys of older children. But I have had more discussions about the state of his bottom and the consistency of it's output than I am really comfortable with. Anyway. Sent him back to school today, he should be right.

In other arse-related news, the Cherub's predilection for performing his famous bum-dance shows no signs of abating. As soon as he is nude he will swing his little hips from side to side with a tremendously pleased expression on his face - which is of course looking back at you over his shoulder. The bum-dance craze has been going for a while now. It started, I think, when he was practising stuff we'd done at tap class; anyway, at that age he hadn't located the hip-moving-neurons so the movement came solely from his shoulders. Very funny. And of course I fell over laughing and called Fixit to come see, which, you know, pretty much guaranteed that the kid would be forever trying to relive that glorious moment. Now that he has got the hip movement going on, he is experimenting with a couple of variations; such as some simultaneous bottom-slapping (thank you George of the Jungle) or attempting it with all 4 limbs on the ground to better display the focus of the exercise.

He is definitely the show-off of the family (don't know where he gets that from) so if he finds something that makes you laugh he will keep at it. Over and over. He doesn't at all mind doing it for other people - lookit my bumdance!! - like for example the very surprised takeaway delivery dude. And of course he has to do it Each And Every Time he gets dressed or undressed, regardless of whether we're in a screaming hurry or not. This morning he went to stick his rear end high in the air, so -school morning- I told him to save it for later. He looked at me all puzzled for a moment, then grabbed a handful of butt-cheek by way of demonstration and informed me, earnestly and slightly indignantly, I can't save my bum because it's sticked on. See? And I think there's something in that for all of us.

16 comments:

  1. Hysterical!! Truly, laughing out loud. :) Mine does the wiggle dance, but he doesn't get into it with the verve you describe of Cherub! Your Cherub is a performer, indeed!

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  2. Perhaps the bum dance could be incorporated into your classes???

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  3. Thank goodness it's sticked on. It would be terrible to lose it. How on earth would he dance without it?

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  4. Naughty Climber! I hope you gave him a good spanking for daring to get ill on the 1st day of term.

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  5. My own bum is well beyond saving at this point, I'm pretty sure.

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  6. "I can't save my bum because it's sticked on. "

    You should be trademarking that line. Seriously.

    Heidi

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  7. HA to the bum dance!

    And totally off topic, but that afgan in the first picture is gorgeous - did you make it?

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  8. Hilarious!

    I'm glad Climber is feeling better. I still have school holiday brain fog, and my school boy hasn't been sick.

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  9. There is certainly never a dull moment.
    Yes, I know, sometimes a dull moment is all you crave!

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  10. Clever Climber, he didn't waste a moment of his precious holiday being sick ;) I am surrounded by teachers asking if I "had a good break" when I feel like getting back to my part-time job is the break...

    As for the bum dancing Cherub, please capture a performance on video for use at his 21st birthday party and future Cherubic offspring to view LOL

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  11. School holidays start here today and you're scaring the crap out of me already!!!!
    funny funny funny post!!!

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  12. I love these boys of yours. And thank you for sharing your gastro-story. Jealous of Crafty's post, hmmm?

    Stuck on bum. That's hilarous! I think we know where he got the show off thing from. And the naked thing. You boob flasher, you.

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  13. Send in the performing cherubs! Having been through five naked revelers myself,his took me back!

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  14. Lovely post. He sounds a charmer.

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  15. what is it with little boys and naked dancing? The FB used to be the same until we moved house, now he has taken to exercising naked after his bath as a way of drying himself off. Mad child

    Doctor Who - finally managed to see the first episode last night and it was good. Even if Catherine Tate is the new assistant. I wish they would bring Rose back, she was the best of the three.

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